Bosnia ENGLISH

The Balkan war brought lots of casualties to Bosnia, the country has three ethnic groups; Bosniak or Muslims account for about half of the population, orthodox Serbs 35% and the rest are Catholic Croats.

After the war in 1995 a peace treaty was signed in Dayton (USA), dividing the country in two: the Croat-Bosniak federation on one hand and the Serbs republic on the other. This has stopped violence but from my experience the parties are still very divided.

The old brigde of Mostar was reopened in 2001, but city remains ethnically divided. Education is still segregated, each group has it's own post office... This felt really strange as all groups were always very kind to me.

Bosnia also had some outstanding nature, big mountains and rivers with some narrow, almost claustrophobic valleys. Shame the weather didn't help while I was there.

I'll try to make a video of Serbia next.

Regards from Macedonia,

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Bosnia EUSKARAZ

Kaixo,

 Bosnian izan nintzenetik egun batzuk pasa dira,baino tarte bat hartu det hango goraberekin bideo txiki bat egiteko.

Balkanetako gerrak heriotz asko ekarri zituen inguru onetara. Hiru talde bizi dira bertan, biztanleriaren erdia Bosnio edo musulmanak dira, %35-a Serbiar ortodoxoak eta gainentzekoak Kroaziar katolikoak. Gerra ondoren, 1995ean, Dayton-eko akodioa sinatu zen lurraldea bitan banatuz, alde batetik Bosnio-Kroaziar federazioa eta beste aldetik Serbiarren errepublika sortu zuten. Akordio oni esker pakea mantentzea lortu duten arren hiru taldeen artean banaketa haundia nabari da.

Adibidez Mostarren gerran puskatutako zubia berreraikitzea ez da nahikoa izan hirian Kroata eta Bosnioak gerturatzeko. Talde bakoitzak bere eskolak, posta-etxea, mugikor sareak ditu... hiri batean bi herrialde dauden sentsazioarekin geratu nintzen. Beraien arteko goraberak alde batera utzita, Bosnia baso, ibai eta mendi ikusgarriz betetan dago eta balkenateako beste herrialdeetan bezela, jendea beti prest laguntzeko.

 Hurrengo geldialdian Serbiako bideoa egingo det.

Ordurarte besarkada bat macedoniatik
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